The digital gap in the region, also considered as the inequality of income, education and knowledge, has been widened as a result of uneven technological development, said UN officials.
Valenzuela City representative Sherwin T. Gatchalian said the government should follow the lead taken by Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei and other countries that have passed similar laws regulating SIM cards.
ICT Ofiice executive director Louis Casambre appealed to hackers, particularly those belonging to the hacktivist group Anonymous Philippines, not to stage a hacking spree just to promote their event, dubbed ?Million Mask March? on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Buhay party-list representative Jose ?Lito? Atienza on Thursday, Oct. 31, said he will be filing a measure to amend the Automated Election Law to modify the computerized elections to make voting and canvassing to be done manually while the results transmitted electronically.
Sen. Alan Peter S. Cayetano has bared plans to push for an institutionalized system of enabling Filipinos to send donations for victims of calamities via text messages in the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck the Visayas region last week.
Consumers with a Windows 8 device can download the free update via the online Windows Store. Windows 8.1 will also be available on new devices and as boxed software at retail locations around the world.
Citing studies, Paranaque City representative Eric Olivarez says compared to the fluorescent tube bulbs or the compact fluorescent lights (CFL) used in homes and offices, LED lights use only 2 to 17 watts of electricity, thus reducing energy consumption by almost 70%.
While largely viewed as boring and ?unsexy? compared to other areas of ICT, storage is slowly becoming as the next frontier for building competitive advantage, according to analyst firm IDC and tech titan IBM.
